This information is available to comply with the 2024 Kansas House Bill 2105 that was passed into law on April 25, 2024 and is effective as of July 1, 2024.

Allen Community College does not condition admissions or educational aid to an applicant for admission, hiring an applicant for employment or hiring, reappointing, or promoting a faculty member, on the applicant’s or faculty member’s pledging allegiance to or making a statement of personal support for or opposition to any political ideology or movement, including a pledge or statement regarding diversity, equity, or inclusion, or to request or require any such pledge or statement from an applicant or faculty member.

If Allen Community College receives a pledge or statement describing a commitment to any particular political ideology or movement, including a pledge or statement regarding diversity, equity, or inclusion, the College will not grant or deny admissions or educational aid to a student, hire an applicant for employment or hire, reappoint or promote a faculty member, on the basis of the viewpoints expressed in the pledge or statement.

This law does not:

• Prohibit Allen Community College from requiring a student, faculty member, or employee to comply with federal or state law, including anti-discrimination laws, or from taking action against a student, faculty member or employee for violations of federal or state law.
• Limit or restrict the academic freedom of faculty or prevent faculty members from teaching, researching, or writing publications about diversity, equity, inclusion or other topics.
• Prohibit Allen Community College from considering, in good faith, a faculty member’s scholarship, teaching, or subject-matter expertise in such faculty member’s academic field.

Allen Community College shall make publicly available on this webpage all training materials used for student, faculty, and staff on all matters of nondiscrimination, diversity, equity, inclusion, race, ethnicity, sex, or bias and all Allen policies and guidance on such matters.